World Spider Catalog

Nicodamidae Simon, 1897

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Nicodamidae considered a senior synonym of Megadictynidae Lehtinen, 1967: 247 by Forster, 1970b: 177. Megadictynidae re-established by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239, family status already assumend by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix. Nicodamidae assigned to Nicodamoidea by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239 (contra Harvey, 1995: 285, who assigned it to Amaurobioidea).

In synonymy:

Centropelma L. Koch, 1872 = Nicodamus Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1887d: 194, preoccupied, replacement name)

Ozaleus Thorell, 1890 = Nicodamus Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1898a: 224)

Gen. Nicodamus Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02084

type Centropelma bicolor L. Koch, 1872; gender masculine; syn. of Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841)

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Nicodamidae by Forster, 1970b: 177; replacement name for Centropelma L. Koch, 1872a: 246 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05999], preoccupied in Aves by Sclater & Salvin, 1869; considered a senior synonym of Ozaleus Thorell, 1890a: 293 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06000] (type O. tarandus Thorell, 1890 = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841)) by Simon, 1898a: 224.

Transferred to other genera:

Nicodamus bidens (Karsch, 1878) -- see Oncodamus

Nicodamus dimidiatus Simon, 1897 -- see Dimidamus

Nicodamus leopoldi Roewer, 1938 -- see Dimidamus

Nicodamus nodatus (Karsch, 1878) -- see Novodamus

In synonymy:

Nicodamus bicolor (L. Koch, 1872) = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841) (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus semiflavus (L. Koch, 1865) = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841) (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus tarandus (Thorell, 1890) = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841) (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus mainae Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023240

Nicodamus mainae Harvey, 1995: 304, f. 15, 26-31 (Dmf) Original description

Nicodamus mainae Griswold et al., 2005: 32, f. 172A-D (m)

Nicodamus mainae Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 184, f. 69b-i (mf)

Nicodamus mainae Ramírez, 2014: 212, f. 140A, 170E (mf)

Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Australia (Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Capital Territory, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023241 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion peregrinum Walckenaer, 1841: 297 (Dm) Original description

Theridium semiflavum L. Koch, 1865: 858 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058186]

Centropelma bicolor L. Koch, 1872a: 246, pl. 20, f. 5-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058185]

Theridium semiflavum L. Koch, 1872a: 259, pl. 21, f. 6-7 (f, Dm)

Centropelma peregrina Keyserling, 1884a: 97, pl. 5, f. 64 (m)

Nicodamus bicolor Simon, 1887d: 194

Ozaleus tarandus Thorell, 1890a: 294 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058187]

Nicodamus peregrinus Simon, 1898a: 223, f. 210-212

Nicodamus bicolor Simon, 1898a: 224, f. 214 (m)

Nicodamus semiflavum Rainbow, 1911: 258

Nicodamus tarandus Rainbow, 1911: 258

Nicodamus bicolor Butler, 1933: 287, pl. 17, f. 3

Nicodamus bicolor Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 30 (m)

Nicodamus peregrinus Harvey, 1995: 300, f. 19-24 (mf, S of Nicodamus bicolor, N. semiflavus and N. tarandus)